What's the better move to power a set of headphones for PS4 gaming and movie watching? Should I do a mixamp or buy a receiver and use that to power the headphones? Would that provide enough juice with a good receiver? Most of the movies I watch have DTS tracks, which I know the mixamp can't decode.

Bobo,
only receivers can make a surround mix from DTS at this current production time. The other thing to consider, do you also need to power speakers in the near future? A receiver can be quite convenient, but models with headphone surround are getting more rare. If you don't need speakers, something like a Mixamp or DSS is a simple solution.

Brick,
I would go K702 or K612 if you can afford it. AD700 is good but the AKGs are more involving.Edited by Evshrug - 1/27/14 at 9:11am

Bobo,
only receivers can make a surround mix from DTS at this current production time. The other thing to consider, do you also need to power speakers in the near future? A receiver can be quite convenient, but models with headphone surround are getting more rare. If you don't need speakers, something like a Mixamp or DSS is a simple solution.

Brick,
I would go K702 or K612 if you can afford it. AD700 is good but the AKGs are more involving.

Indeed. As soon as I see that scrunchy wrinkly type of pleather, I cringe.

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Don't do it! HD800, HE560!

Strange to see you advocating for the HD800.

At any rate, I won't be able to buy anything for quite some time, and the HE560 will be thoroughly reviewed by then. I'd be very surprised if the HE560 suddenly develops enough soundstage to compete with the HD800 or K812 though.

Thanks! I agree on the Fractal Cases. Very sleek and elegant looking IMO.

And thank you for that heads-up about Micro Center doing price-protection refunds. I just checked today, 14 days after I purchased my CPU+motherboard combo, and BOTH of them have just dropped in price. The 4770K by $30 (back down to the 250 price) and the motherboard by $20.

So I'll get $50 back in my pocket if I drive down there today, which I'm going to do.

Thanks! I agree on the Fractal Cases. Very sleek and elegant looking IMO.

And thank you for that heads-up about Micro Center doing price-protection refunds. I just checked today, 14 days after I purchased my CPU+motherboard combo, and BOTH of them have just dropped in price. The 4770K by $30 (back down to the 250 price) and the motherboard by $20.

So I'll get $50 back in my pocket if I drive down there today, which I'm going to do.

If ever needed I can always stop in there with a photocopy of the receipt and handle that for you. I live 5 minutes from the store and work another 5 away. Bit of a drive from your town to the store just for that. No can do today since I'm working now.

If ever needed I can always stop in there with a photocopy of the receipt and handle that for you. I live 5 minutes from the store and work another 5 away. Bit of a drive from your town to the store just for that. No can do today since I'm working now.

Thanks. I called them and they said they need to swipe the actual card though, as the way they refund is by putting it back on the card. So I'd have to go in myself regardless.

Bobo,
only receivers can make a surround mix from DTS at this current production time. The other thing to consider, do you also need to power speakers in the near future? A receiver can be quite convenient, but models with headphone surround are getting more rare. If you don't need speakers, something like a Mixamp or DSS is a simple solution.

Well I'm not doing speakers at the current time. I don't want to piss off my neighbors as I'm in an apartment. The problem with something like the mixamp for me is it doesn't decode dts audio. So when I hook it up to something like my wdtv it can't play the dts tracks my movies are encoded in. Would there be an amp that would work with PS4 that can also do dts? Something that can do both is the perfect solution for me.